Rockhopper Exploration has reiterated its intention to start drilling over its licenses in the North Falkland basin as soon as rig availability, financing and relevant consents have been resolved.
WITH the new Constitution Order approved by Her Majesty the Queen in the Privy Council last week and due to come into effect on January 1, 2009 the role of the Falkland Islands Governor is set to change.
Headlines: '82 veterans bond on Falklands visit; Some difficult choices before the next budget; Former governor fined.
Phyl Rendell, Falkland Islands Director of Minerals and Agriculture attended the International AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) in Cape Town, South Africa.
TEN Falklands farms have registered to convert their farm production units to internationally recognised organic status. Should all go well this will mean nearly 40% of the Falkland Islands will have organic status by 2010/11.
President-elect Barack Obama held this Monday his first meeting with incumbent George W Bush since his last week's decisive election victory. Both sides described the White House talks, which lasted just under two hours, as friendly and productive.
Falkland Islands 1982 British veteran soldier Clive Davies admitted he, …cried like a baby, when on Monday he returned to spot where he witnessed the death of his best friend and countless comrades.
Britain has irritated Argentina by announcing a new constitution that shares more powers with the people of the Falkland Islands and enshrines the right to self-determination. This comes just two years after Gibraltar approved a new Constitution negotiated with UK, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle which is closely following events.
THE strain on Falkland Islands' public finances is greater than at any time since the commencement of fisheries licensing in 1986.
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) welcomed the new Constitution for the Islands which provides enhanced local democracy and internal self-government and enshrines the right of self-determination.